CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, CONGRESSES, etc. (Select)
1983: First International Congress on Graeco and Arabic Studies, Athens, June 19-24th, 1983. Paper Title: ‘TheConceptofUmmah’.
2001: East Mediterranean: 4000 Years of Politics and Civilizations, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Rhode, March 31st – April 1st, 2001. Paper Title: ‘The Ancient Greek Mathematical Sciences in the Arabic Tradition’.
2004: International Society for Neoplatonic Studies Annual Meeting: Philosophy, Spirituality, and Art in the Neoplatonic Tradition, Great Britain, Liverpool, 24th-27th June 2004. Paper Title: ‘An Arabic Version of Proclus’ First Argument on the Eternity of the World’.
2004: First International Congress for Sino-Greek Studies, Ioannina 2-4 October 2004. Paper Title: ‘China in the Arabic Works of the Historian al-Masʽūdī (A.D. 893-956)’.
2006: International Conference: In the Age of al-Fārābī: Islamic Thought in the 4th/10th Century, Institute of Classical Studies and Warburg Institute, London, June 15th-17th, 2006. Paper Title: ‘Anaxogoras in the Baghdad Physics’.
2007: 28th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 25-27 May 2007. Paper Title: ‘The Concept and Purpose of History in the Arabic Works of al-Masʽūdī (A.D. 893-956)’.
2008: 29th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 16-18 May 2008. Paper Title: ‘The Greeks of Syria during the Early Islamic Conquests: The case of Baalbek’.
2009: 30th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica 29-31 May 2009. Paper Title: ‘The Conquest of Damascus by the Arabs (A.D. 635/637): Problems in the Arabic Sources’.
2010: 31st Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 28-30 May 2010. Paper Title: ‘Al-Jāḥiẓ (A.D. 776-868) on the Ancient Greeks and the Arabic Translation of Greek Philosophical and Scientific Writings’.
2011: 32nd Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 27-29 May 2011. Paper Title: ‘Information on Christianity since the Appearance of Islam to Ninth Century A.D. according to al-Jāḥiẓ (AD 776-868)’.
2012: 2nd International Conference on Human and Social Sciences ICHSS 2012, March 23-24th, 2012, Tirana, Albania. Paper Title: ‘The Romans as Viewed by Arabic Authors in the 9th and 10th Centuries A.D.’.
2012: 33nd Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 25-27 May 2012. Paper Title: ‘The Ancient Nations in the History of al-Yaʽqūbī (fl. A.D. 9th century)’.
2012: The Istanbul Conference: ‘Arxai: Proclus Diadochus of Constantinople and his Abrahamic Interpreters’, Istanbul, December 12-16, 2012. Paper Title: ‘Al-Shahrastānī on Proclus’ On the Eternity of the World’.
2013: 34th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 31 May – 2 June 2013. Paper Title: ‘The Ancient Nations in the Histories of al-Masʽūdī (A. D. 893-956)’.
2013: 3nd International Conference on Human and Social Sciences ICHSS 2013, September 20-22, 2013, Rome, Italy. Paper Title: ‘Al-Jāḥiẓ (A.D. 776-868/9) on the Social Status of Christians in the Early Caliphate’.
2013: XXIII World Congress of Philosophy: Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life, Athens 4-10 August 2013. Paper Title: ‘A Summary of Proclus’ Lost First Argument on the Eternity of the World in al-Shahrastānī’s Works’.
2014: 35th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 30 May – 1 June 2014. Paper Title: «Remarks on the Historical Work of al-Muṭahhar ibn Ṭāhir al-Maqdisī».
2014: 2nd Istanbul Conference: ‘Commentating as Philosophy and the Abrahamic Interpreters’, Istanbul, July 2-5, 2014. Paper Title: ‘Remarks on the Issue of Creation vs. Eternity of the World in the Correspondence between Ibn Sīnā and al-Bīrūnī’.
2014: 26th International Conference of Philosophy: ‘Greek Philosophy and Moral and Political Issues of our Global Era’, Athens, July 12th - 17th, 2014. Paper Title: ‘Miskawayh on Justice’.
2014: WOCMES 2014, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 18-22 August 2014. Paper Title: ‘Some Remarks on al-Fārābī’s Treatise on Vacuum’.
2014: International Association for Presocratic Studies (IAPS) – 4th Biennial Conference, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, June 30 –July 4, 2014. Paper Title: ‘Notes on Democritus’ Views Reported by al-Yaʻqūbī (d. c. A.D. 905)’.
2015: 36th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 30 May – 1 June, 2015. Paper Title: ‘History as Teacher in the Art of Governement in the “Experiences of Nations” by Miskawayh (A.D. 932-1030)’.
2016: World Congress “Aristotle 2400 Years”, 23-28 May 2016, Aristotle University of Thesaloniki. Paper Title: ‘Miskawayh’s account on friendship and its relation to Aristotle’s Ethics’.
2016: 37th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 26-28 May 2016, Paper Title: ‘Experience in the historical work of Miskawayh (A.D. 932-1030)’.
2016: International Conference “Aristotle and Christianity”, 24-25 November 2016, Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Paper Title: ‘Aristotle’s Ethics in the Arabic Tradition’.
2017: 38th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 25-27 May 2017, Paper Title: ‘Christians in the Early Muslim Society in the writings of Abū Yūsuf (A.D. 731-798)’.
2017: International Symposium in Honour of Emeritus Professor George Velenis, Thessaloniki, 4-7 October 2017. Paper Title: ‘Al-Jāḥiẓ (A.D. 776-868) on the social status of Christians in the Early Islamic Empire’.
2018: Interdisciplinary congress ‘Religious Communities: Legal and Canonical Approaches to Historical and Current Questions’, Athens, 15-16 February 2018. Paper Title: ‘Early Debates for the Status of Christians in Muslim Society: The views of the Chief Judge Abū Yūsuf Ya‛qūb (A.D. 731-798)’.
2018: 39th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 23-25 May 2018, Paper Title: ‘Ibn Khaldūn’s Views on the Concept and Writing of History’.)
2018: Summer School: Religions and Cross-Cultural Pollinations in the Mediterranean World, Andros 5-8 July 2018, Paper Title: ‘“Human Life as a Temporary Landing in an Island”: A Parable of al-Kindī (d. A.D. 870).
2019: 40th Panhellenic History Conference, Thessalonica, 15-17 May 2019, Paper Title: ‘Rise and fall of dynasties in Ibn Khaldūn’s Muqaddimah’.
2019: The 31st International Conference of Philosophy held in Athens, July 12-15th, 2019. Paper Title: ‘Al-Rāzī’s work on ‘The Philosophical Life’ and the Greek Philosophical Tradition’.
2019: 10th Greek Byzantinist’s Conference, University of Ioannina, Ioannina , 27th -30th November 2019. Paper Title: ‘The “Arabic Conquest” of Syria (7th Century AD): Modern Research and the Interpretation of Arabic Sources’.
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